STRENGTHS:

+ Reading the play
+ Intercepting
+ Kicking
+ Aerial ability
+ Speed
+ Upside

IMPROVEMENTS:

- Accumulation
- Endurance

Focusing in on what Antony offers gives a great insight into why she still received a State Draft Combine invite despite limited matches in 2025. Having played across all three lines in her junior career, the Bulldogs defender settled as a half-back with her reading of the play and intercepting providing a great first point of contact.

She has only averaged around that eight to 10 touches per game for multiple competitions over the last two years, but she is a high impact-per-possession player. Last year Antony's ability to read the ball in flight and position herself accordingly was fantastic, and it did not even matter if she was uncontested or engaged in a one-on-one. Her hands above her head were safe, and critically she would float back with the flight if needed.

Though an outside ball-winner, Antony has the courage to fight for the pill and will scrap at ground level, or laying a bone-crunching tackle. While doing her best work either intercepting or receiving the ball by hand and driving it down the ground, the hard-running prospect will produce team-oriented football and defensive acts.

Her ball use last year was another key factor of her game, and while she was heavily and outside user, she made up for that with sublime efficiency. She switched when required, weighted her kicks well and was able to clear the ball under pressure when in the defensive 50. Her reading of the play and understanding of the next action was crucial in beginning transitional plays out of the back half.

As a 17-year-old, Antony showed a nice clean set of heels, and while she is not explosive as such, she has nice speed once she hits top gear, and glides around the defensive half of the ground, backing herself and taking the game on. Given the two injuries she sustained this year were her hip and ankle, it was no surprise that she did not quite hit the same heights with her running, not to mention her time spent out of the game.

She can build that back up, which will go hand-in-hand with her endurance which is a key area to improve. Antony has the ability to play midfield, but not the tank as it stands, so it will be a focus for her over the off-season. That, along with finding more of the ball and getting into those positions will be another way to further develop, as she does well to react to the opposition turnovers to then intercept, but can even further win the ball proactively and begin the counter attack.